Cigar holder



A. lLLG I CIGAR HOLDER Filed NOV. 4, 1926 ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 6, 1927.

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The present invention relates to improvements in cigar holders, and has for its main object to provide a device of this type in which is incorporated a cigar cutter, that is to say a mechanism for cutting off the tips of cigars. V

Another object of the invention is to produce a device of the character mentioned, which is simple in construction, efiicient in operation, durable in use, capable of manufacture on a commercial scale, or in other words one which is not so difficult to make as to be beyond the reasonable cost of such a contrivance.

lVith these and other objects in view, which will more fully appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the combination, arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter described, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that many changes may be made inthe size and proportion of the several parts and details of construction within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any ofthe advantages of the invention. 1

One of the many possible embodiniients of the invention is illustrated in the accon1- panying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a central longitudinal section taken through a cigar holder constructed in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a section taken on line 22 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a section similar to the one shown in Fig. 1, with the cutter blades in cutting positions.

The improved device comprises a holder section 10 and a mouthpiece section 11. The holder section is provided with a socket 12, opening to the outer end thereof and adapted to receive the tip end of and sup,- port a cigar 13. The inner end of the holder section is provided with a cylindricalbore 14, in which is slidably fitted the reduced portion 15 of the mouthpiece section. Through the mouthpiece section extends a minute bore 16, opening to and communicating with the socket in the holder section. The reduced portion of the mouthpiece section fits snugly into the cylindrical bore in the holder section, the arrangement being such that the mouthpiece section is slidable longitudinally on the holder section.

To diametrically,"opposite points of-the reduced portion' lb ofthe mouthpiece section are attached two yielding metallic 17, preferably, of sheet metal The inner ends 18 of these arms are disposed in longitudinal grooves 19 in the said red'uced portion and are attached to the latter by screws 20,'the heads of which are countersunk, as clearly shown in the drawings. Beyond their attached portions the arms diverge and are each provided with an inwardly project-ing bent portion 21,.having a cutting edge 22. The diverging portions of the arms are disposed in recesses 23 in the holder section, the arrangement being such that, when the elements of the cigar holder are in the positions shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the cutting edges of the said arms are disposed wholly outside of the socket in said holder section. When, however, the mouthpiece section of the cigar holder is moved longitudinally on the holder section in, the

direction of the arrow shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the yielding arms 17 are forced toward one another, whereby the cutlows: The tip end of a cigar is inserted into the socket in the holder section while the reduced portion of the mouthpiece section is wholly within the bore 14;,as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

The bent portions21'of the yielding arms 17 do in such case notinterfere with the insertion of the cigar.

The operator then takes hold :of the holderv section with one hand and moves the mouthpiece section with the other hand in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, whereby the elements are brought into the position shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, in which the cutting edges of the yielding arms penetrate the tip of the cigar and sever the latter from the body of the cigar. The cigar is thereupon withdrawn from the holder section and the mouthpiece section restored to the position shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, whereby the tip is released, it dropping out of the cigar holder. The cigar is' then again inserted and the holder used in the ordinary manner.

What I claim is A cigar holder comprising a holder section formed with a socket opening to one end thereof and adapted to receive the tip end of and support'a cigar, said holder section being also provided with cylindrical bore opening to said socket, a mouthpiece section having a reduced portion snugly fitting into said bore and being longitudinally movable on said holder section, two yielding arms fixed to the reduced portion of said mouthpiece section having diverging portions, each of which is provided with an inwardly bent section having a cutting edge, said holder section having two recesses formed therein in which said yielding arms are adapted to be disposed, said cutting edges being wholly outside of said socket when the reduced portion of said mouth-' piece is located wholly within the bore in said holder section, and said cutting edges being forced toward one another when said mouthpiece section is moved longitudinally and outwardly on said holder section, whereby the tip is severed from the cigar body supported on said holder section.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York, and State of New York, this 14th day of October, A. D. 1926.

. ADAM ILLG. 

